Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-09
OUT THE BACK DOOR.
How Gay Book Agent Eluded an
. Indignant Husband.
A HASTINGS woMAN'S FALL.
Racy Scandal Developed at a Lincoln
Boarding House-Various Items OF
Interest Picked Up About the
Capital.
trHoN THE mrs LINCOLN BUREAU. |

FROM THE BEES LINCOLN BUREAU.
There was an animated scene at a board
ing house in this city yesterday that has
racy history. At this particular boarding
house a very loving couple applied for board
n week ago and gave their names as Cherry
Holmes and wife. Room and board were
provided them. Aside from their demonstra-
tions Of affection nothing was suspected,
Holmes giving it out that he was book
agent, and that he proposed staying in the
city for some time. AL moved quietly along
until the noon hour yesterday when
stranger appeared at the door Of the board
ing house and inquired Of the landady with
vigor that denoted business on his part, if
Cherry Holmes and woman claiming to be
his wife were there. He was informed that
they were in the dining room, and without
further waiting he pulled his overcoat and
undcrcoat and pressed forward to the dining
room When he opened the door to the room
yie supposed Mrs Holmes cried out, "My
husbandn' and Holmes shot out OF the back
door, with the husband III close pursuit The
boarders followed out of doors to witness the
race, which was Tor several blocks an ami
mated one, but Holmes proved himself the
best runner and escaped The WrongCd huS-
band then returned to the house, where the
woman in the case had hid, and persuaded
her to emerge from her cOncCalmcnt and
talk with him 1t seems that his name is
Dodge, and that with his wife they have re-
sided in Hastings, where the book agent fell
in love with his wife and the two skipped
The woman expressed indifference for her
husband and reconciliation did not appear
TO be at all probable. The husband seemed
to be the most willing of the two for re-
union, but the wife expressed her salts faction
with her new chosen consort AT last ac-
counts Dodge was after the police to put the
matter in their hands, but Holmes, if he
kept up the gait he was making when last
,pa nf Of "a
warrant was issued.
CITY ITEMS.
The city schools ore Overfowng pending
the completion Of the new G. street school
building. TO relieve the overflow temporary
quarters for two grades have been found in
the BOhannOn block.
Members of the live stock sanitary com
mission are back from Holt county and north.
ern Nebraska where they have been at work
condemning horses affected with the CLAN
ders. The members of the commission killed
twelve horses in Holt county alone and their
time is taken up for weeks yet for like work
in other parts of the state.
Mr. l., E. Reigncr, Of the business Office OF
the State Democrat, was married Monday
evening to Miss Bertha De Witt, the happy
event occurring at the Congregational church,
Rev. Lewis Gregory performing the cere-
mony Mr.. Rcigner is young man of good
business ability who possesses many friends
in the city who are heaping upon him the
customary congratulations.
JHlS cNtHliIS IIic regular lllUublllJ Itt'IJlbu
will he held at the parlors of the Y. M. c. A,
to which all are invited. An interesting pro-
gralnmc has been prepared which Will be q
popular feature of the reception
The payroll for the public school teachers,
as allowed by the last meeting of the board,
aggregates &, 500, u handsome sum of money
and decided increase in volume over former
years. The school board are constantly Sc
curing new rooms to accommodate the pupils
in the city.
Louis James and Marie Wainwright with
their selected company have been occupying
the boards ut Eunke's opera house the past
two nights, presenting "Virginous" and
"liamlet" to crowded houses.
James McCarty, the man arrested charged
with setting fire to the old Metropolitan hotel,
had no difficulty in clearing himself of the
charge and was discharged from custody.
There is no doubt but that the building was
fired but the right man has not yet been
found
West Lincoln, since the two packing houses
are in operation, cries for hogs to slaughter
and on several days the supply has not
equalled the demand. The packers there are
Omaha and when the fact that the houses
are running becomes known there is little
doubt but the supply will come.
There was practically no business at the
county offices yesterday and the state house
also felt the effects of the election, A num-
ber of the state officers and deputies were at
home for the day for voting purposes.
The city council, at its last meeting, finally
turned the city hospital over to the care of
the Willard w. c. II. u. This will remove
the prolific charges of mismanagement that
have lowered over the city hospital for
months.
The water service in the city still in
creases. Water Commissioner Lyman re-
ports the receipts from the last month as
t5G7.Sl.